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Radio Sputnik (RS)
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This page contains philatelic information on the RS (Radio Sputnik) series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
See also the amateur (ham) radio page, for items related to, but that do not include amateur radio satellites.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| RS (Russia/USSR) | RS (Russia/USSR) | RS (Russia/USSR) |
| RS (on other than RS launch covers) | ||
| Iskra (Russia/USSR) | Iskra (Russia/USSR) | Iskra (Russia/USSR) |
Below is a list of RS-series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Korea (North) | 2402 (Mi2495) | 1984 | RS | |
| Korea (North) | 3267 (Mi3485) | 1993 | RS | |
| Korea (North) | 3265-3269 proofs | Deluxe proofs | ||
| Korea (North) | 3265a (Mi3483-3484+3487) | In (upper-left) margin of MS3 (3265-3266+3269) | ||
| Korea (North) | 3265b (Mi3483+3485-3486) | On one stamp and in (upper-left) margin of MS3 (3265+3267-3268) | ||
| Korea (North) | 4597 (Mi5113) | 3267 surcharged | 2006 | RS |
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (right and lower-left) margins of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] In (right and lower-left) margins of imperforate MS3 (a-c) | 2013 | "Zeya" / RS-16 (in right margin); "Chibis-M" / RS-39 (in lower-left margin) |
| Mali | Unknown fdc Unknown ifdc | MS3 on FDC Imperforate MS3 on FDC | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-left) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | "Ioubileiny" (Yubileiny) / RS-30 | |
| Mali | Unknown fdc | MS3 on FDC | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-left) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | "Mozhaes-5" (Mozhayets-5) / RS-25 | |
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | "RS-20" | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4733 (Mi4820) | 1979 | RS-1, RS-2 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4917 (Mi5048) | 1981 | RS | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1985 | RS |
| Russia (USSR) | None | QSL card back | ? | "RS" |
| Russia (USSR) | None | QSL card back | 1987? | "Radio Satellite", "RS-10", and "RS-11" |
| Iskra (Russia/USSR) | ||||
| Russia (USSR) | 5138a label (Mi5267-5268 label) | Label from strip of 2 (5138a (5137-5138 + label)) | 1983 | "the radio-amateur satellites Iskra-2 and Iskra-3 were deployed" (translation of 5th bullet text) |
Below is a list of RS-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Radio Sputnik (RS) (Russia/USSR) | ||||
| 1978-10-26: RS-2 / Iskra-4A (and Kosmos-1045) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1991-01-29: RS-14 / OSCAR-21 | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1997-10-05 (launched to Mir) [with Progress-M36] 1997-11-04 (deployed from Mir): RS-17a / Sputnik-40 (and Inspector-1) |
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| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1998-10-25 (launched to Mir) [with Progress-M40] 1998-11-10 (deployed from Mir): RS-18 / Sputnik-41 |
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| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1999-04-02 (launched to Mir) [with Progress-M41] 1999-04-16 (deployed from Mir): RS-19 / Sputnik-99 |
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| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2002-11-28: RS-20 (and AlSat-1 and Rubin-3-DSI) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2001-11-26 (launched to ISS) [with Progress-M1-7] 2002-02-14 (deployed from ISS): RS-21 / Kolibri-2000 |
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| Russia | 2001-11-26 | Kosmodrome Baikonur | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-21 (Kolibri-2000) launch (to ISS) |
| Russia | 2001-11-28 | Korolev | (Yellow and blue and black printed) cachet on cover | RS-21 (Kolibri-2000) event (Progress-M1-7, which carried the satellite, docking with the ISS) |
| Russia | 2002-02-14 | Korolev-1, 141071 Moscow Oblast | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-21 (Kolibri-2000) deployed (from ISS) |
| 2005-10-27: RS-25 (and OSCAR-53 and OSCAR-58 and others) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2009-09-17: RS-28 (and Meteor-M1 and Sterkh-2 and IRIS and OSCAR-67 and RS-38 and BLITS) | ||||
| Russia | 2009-09-17 | Kosmodrome Baikonur Kazakhstan | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-28 (UGATUSAT) launch |
| 2008-05-23: RS-30 (and Kosmos-2437/2439) | ||||
| Russia | 2008-05-23 | Kosmodrome Plesetsk | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-30 (Yubileiny) launch |
| 2009-09-17: RS-38 (and Meteor-M1 and Sterkh-2 and IRIS and OSCAR-67 and RS-28 and BLITS) | ||||
| Russia | 2009-09-17 | Kosmodrome Baikonur Kazakhstan | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-38 (Universitetsky-2 / Tatyana-2) launch |
| 2011-10-30 (launched to ISS) [with Progress-M-13M] 2012-01-23 (deployed from ISS): RS-39 / Chibis-M |
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| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2016-04-28: RS-48 / Aist-2D (and MVL-300 and SamSat-218D) | ||||
| Finland | 2016-04-28 | Helsinki | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-48 (Aist-2D) launch |
| Finland | 2016-04-28 | Helsinki | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | RS-48 (Aist-2D) launch |
| Russia | 2016-04-28 | Uglegorsk, Amurskoi Oblast | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | RS-48 (Aist-2D) launch |
| RS (on other than RS launch covers) | ||||
| Russia | 2009-09-17 | Baikonur | (Multi-color printed) cachet on Nimiq-5 launch cover | "UGATUSAT" (RS-28) and "Universitetsky-2" (RS-38) |
| Iskra (Russia/USSR) | ||||
| 1981-07-10: Iskra-1 (and Meteor-1-31) [failed to deploy] | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1982-05-14 (launched with Salyut-7) 1982-05-17 (deployed from Salyut-7): Iskra-2 |
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| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1982-10-31 (launched to Salyut-7) [with Progress-16] 1982-11-18 (deployed from Salyut-7): Iskra-3 |
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| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1978-10-26: Iskra-4A / RS-2 (and Kosmos-1045) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
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